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Dream Machine vs. the People Duster

by Sugar John

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1.
Killed a fly in the shower Washing sins after hours There are spores on the ceiling And there, there are flowers And his life was so small In my medium palm And it felt like nothing at all And I killed the lights in the road Where I melted once before Where I melted And I can’t recall anything at all Before three years ago Losing friends by the hour Them with fork and knife I devour There are cities in my brain Below them, a human’s remains All the liars feel fine at the end of the line I can gaze out of their eyeballs with my saw And I killed a boy in the road In the place where I melted once before Where I melted And I can’t recall anything at all Before three years ago
2.
I wanna know How I wake up feeling so old How every summer goes cold I feel it deep in my bones I wanna know When your fixed face goes out of control Can you leave me here if I’m in the zone Asleep or stoned Don’t pray for me or your own Don’t wait up, I’m better alone They’re all traitors, conscious clones And I hate it, I’m better alone And it feels like I finally know Yeah it feels like I finally know Nothing’s real now, my head is my home And it feels like I finally know Sometimes I feel dumb I feel dumb and I feel I’ve grown numb Sometimes I feel sure I can’t feel anymore But it’s just like whatever, I don’t care Don’t care anymore And it feels like I finally know And it feels like I finally know Nothing’s real now, my head is my home And it feels like I wanna know How I wake up feeling so old How every summer goes cold I feel it deep in my bones
3.
Hey man remember Remember when we were so young I used to play with you I used to sit out in the sun I used to run with all the other girls and boys You used to stay at home Never making any noise Yeah man remember That day that you died on me I looked right in your eyes For what seemed like eternity I wanna go swimming I wanna swim with my pet shark But he is only dead, and forever in my I wanna swim I wanna swim with my pet shark But he is only dead, Yeah man life can be so harsh I wanna go swimming I wanna swim with my pet shark And he is only dead, only dead oh in my I wanna go swimming I wanna swim with my pet shark And he is only dead, Yeah man life can be so harsh I wanna go swimming I wanna swim with my pet shark And he is only dead, Yeah man reality’s so dark
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5.
In my dreams Yeah it happens there was John I seen Slipping down the stairs And his eyes were dark Yeah they stared right through me It’s good to be In a place with the lights out man God it feels so lonely But the day drags on, We don’t feel so holy Two days spent in a new phase I keep my head down But there she is And I don’t feel so dead She walks graciously When I can’t move She’s got a drink for me And she’s a good drug too She’s been with him But I don’t care She plays the drums for me And swings her long brown hair Never fear, my immortal dear We’re all just so very glad that you are here Come run your hands through my hair And make me shiver in the bask of your love Solitude’s steely grasp Nights out with friends When friends aren’t there Cold breath weaves minarets Warm breath weaves toothless gums They’ll never love like we have loved In your loving arms Never cry in the auburn echo of your left eye So won’t you come over and watch tv Can we turn the lights out And see what we’ll see
6.
I painted my nails but I guess that’s not for her Now I’m outside with my hands in my shirt She’s at the table twisting fingers I guess I thought she was making signals But she said OH YEAH He don’t miss her like I miss her On the corner I’m her mistress She needs something way more vicious I said that is fine but can I take a picture And she said I’m not your girlfriend, I’m just your dealer I don’t find you sexy but you give me love And you keep me warm, everything’s a chore I was always bored till I found you Doing what you do Sleeping in my room Saving me from old familiar doom
7.
And it was imitation without explanation I could not take a vacation I could not even think To see the light One mustn’t strain their eyes Till they’ve gone blind I tell you it grows, it grows everyday The voice in my side, it grows in each and every way I thought I thought I must have been alive Turn to dust (I won’t)
8.
Thinking of you last night, I fell down the stairs Floated around the room Till I was sure I wasn’t there Oh I’m never leaving home The comfort of the lawn Staying in the kitchen And I’m brewing something strong Never leaving home The echo of your voice Staying in the basement And I swear that it’s by choice Never leaving home The echo of your voice I can’t take the silence, Disciple to the noise Painting little pictures They all look like your face I’m trying to paint over them But some things I can’t erase Oh I’m never leaving home The echo of your voice Staying in the basement And I swear that it’s by choice Bouncing off the walls Singing like a stone I’m never going back outside I’m never leaving home Bouncing off the walls Sinking like a stone I’m never going back outside I’m never leaving home
9.
The tables and the people They are just as well the same The lights they flicker on and off The drinks they taste the same What is there to talk about He wishes he had thought He opens up to speak a word But him they have forgot The visions and the words he speaks are drawn from afar He feels that all his memories were drawn from a jar I hope the rain is so loud We can’t hear ourselves think Or I’ll turn on the water And put my head in the sink I want a comfortable silence Extra weight on my eyelids A stainless conscience And a game for watching I might bite the dagger I might bite the spoon I might the bullet Oh yeah real soon A fate to process To feel in passing A passive smile And a safer a landing I want a comfortable silence Extra weight on my eyelids A stainless conscience And a game for watching I might bite the dagger I might bite the spoon I might the bullet Oh yeah real soon
10.
You got these secret moves when you dance alone You’re so fashionable with your absent woes The canvas they inhabit with a passive glow Treats me like a mirror which I can’t condone New York is calling and he’s asking for you Do you want sensation or objective truth There is no solution on which to rely We can get on a plane but we can’t touch the sky The city is a jungle The fruit is hanging low I was running barefoot Till I broke all my toes We’ll sleep in the gutter where they won’t forsake us All the bad thoughts we refuse to own The lake of fire, we’d retire there like coming home New York is calling and he’s asking for you Do you want sensation or objective truth There is no solution on which to rely We can get on a plane but we can’t touch the sky

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"Dream Machine vs. the People Duster" is Sugar John's first full-length record. It is made up of 9 songs and one interlude.

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released February 13, 2018

All songs were written, tracked, mixed, and mastered by Sugar John.

Album art by Max Hurley.

David Buchanan contributed guitar to "Modern Death and Adolescence," "Sunday Mourning," and "Thank You, I Love You."

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